VPH for researchers - What is the VPH Initiative (VPH - I)?
What is the VPH Initiative (VPH - I)?
The European Commission has, to date, allocated over 72 million euros to projects funded under the Objective ICT – 2007.5.3: Virtual Physiological Human. The main target outcome of this objective is: patient-specific computer models for personalised and predictive healthcare and ICT – based tools for modelling and simulation of human physiology. Collaborative projects within this call will meet specific research objectives related to computational modelling of human physiology. VPH-I projects range from those developing advanced computational models of the heart, predictive models for dementia, osteoporosis and drug safety, through to projects furthering a common health information infrastructure to facilitate easier access to European supercomputing power. The VPH NoE will lead the coordination of diverse activities within the VPH-I, with the expectation that this will deliver:
- integration of basic research findings across organ systems and levels of investigation
- acceleration of device and drug intervention
- development through predictive in-silico modelling,
- improvement of efficacy and safety and the creation of
- new environments for predictive, personalised evidenced
- based healthcare.